Where is 21 Grimmauld Place?

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> Is there anyone here who is from London or is familiar with London,
> who might want to speculate on possible REAL London neighborhoods 
what
> could be potential locations for #12 Grimmauld Place?
> 
> Neighborhood that at one time were nice well kept middle class
> neighborhood, that have not endured the test of time very well, and
> are now run down. 
> 
> It would have to be on the East side, which makes sense because I'm
> lead to believe that the East End is a working class low rent
> district. Am I correct in assuming that the 'East End' is an very 
old
> London neighborhood? 

It's been a few years since I lived in London, but I think there are 
quite a few neighborhoods that would qualify. My own neighborhood of 
Shepherds Bush was bad enough, though I suspect it has been 
gentrified to some extent since. In any case, it never seemed bad 
enough to house a joint like #12. I'd personally eliminate the West 
End from the running.
It could be somewhere in the East End, maybe someplace like Hackney 
or Stepney Green. Though for sheer crumminess, my vote goes to dear 
South London! You can't beat Clapham, Brixton or Stockwell! Made my 
own scuzzy neighborhood look like Shangri-La. I certainly admired the 
pluckiness of the residents though. I'll echo the sentiments I saw 
written on a banner on my first visit to the south of London; I'M 
BACKING BRIXTON!!!

Allyson